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Chicago 38 at Los Angeles 17
1983 Week 9 - Sunday, May 1, 1983
Chicago Blitz(5-3)(-3) at Los Angeles Express(4-4)
Attendance: 21,123
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Greg Landry threw three touchdown passes Sunday as the Chicago Blitz made Coach George Allen's homecoming a triumphant one with a 38-17 United States Football League victory over the Los Angeles Express.
Two of Landry's touchdown passes, both to tight end Paul Ricker, came in the opening half as the Blitz shot out to a 24-3 lead at the intermission.
His other touchdown pass was a 9-yarder to Doug Dennison in the final period.
The game, played before a crowd of 21,123, marked a victorious return to the Coliseum for Allen, who formerly had coached the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League.
1 2 3 4 F CHI 14 10 7 7 - 38 LA 0 3 7 7 - 17 Scoring CHI:Ricker 18 yd pass from Landry (Corral kick) - CHI 7, LA 0 CHI:Long 1 yd run (Corral kick) - CHI 14, LA 0 CHI:Corral 28 yd field goal - CHI 17, LA 0 CHI:Ricker 1 yd pass from Landry (Corral kick) - CHI 24, LA 0 LA: Abbott 42 yd field goal - CHI 24, LA 3 LA: K. Williams 53 yd pass from Ramsey (Abbott kick) - CHI 24, LA 10 CHI:Shields 44 yd interception return (Corral kick) - CHI 31, LA 10 LA: Haines 40 yd pass from Ramsey (Abbott kick) - CHI 31, LA 17 CHI:Dennison 9 yd pass from Landry (Corral kick) - CHI 38, LA 17 Box Score CHI LA First Downs 13 18 Rushes-Yards 34-84 23-96 Passing (A-C-Y-I) 23-11-186-0 33-17-241-3 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-12 5-33 Total Plays-Yards 58-258 61-304 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-2 Penalties-Yards 7-45 4-20 Turnovers 1 5 Time of Possession 29:37 30:23 Attendance = 21,123 CHICAGO LOS ANGELES Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds In Td Rate Landry 23 11 186 0 3 115.2 Ramsey 25 14 196 2 2 74.8 Rae 8 5 45 1 0 38.0 Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Rushing Att Yds Ave TD Long 9 40 4.4 1 Barnett 11 59 5.4 0 Boatner 9 20 2.2 0 Boddie 8 26 3.3 0 Spencer 14 12 0.9 0 Ramsey 3 8 2.7 0 Dennison 1 6 6.0 0 Davis 1 3 3.0 0 Johnson 1 6 6.0 0 Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Receiving Rec Yds Ave TD Johnson 4 105 26.3 0 Haines 6 106 17.7 1 Ricker 4 52 13.0 2 Ellis 8 69 8.6 0 Willis 1 12 12.0 0 Williams, K 1 53 53.0 1 Dennison 1 9 9.0 0 Boddie 3 10 3.3 0 Spencer 1 8 8.0 0 Barnett 1 3 3.0 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave TD Willis 4 74 18.5 0 Tolbert 4 79 19.8 0 Davis 2 38 19.0 0 Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Punt Returns No Yds Ave TD Willis 3 64 21.3 0 Tolbert 1 7 7.0 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Corral 1-1 28 5-5 8 Abbott 1-1 42 2-2 5 miss: none miss: none Punting No Yds Ave Punting No Yds Ave Corral 7 260 37.1 Partridge 5 188 37.6 Sacks Sk Yds Sacks Sk Yds Lee 2 11 Weaver 1 12 Smith 1 9 Brown 1 9 Ehrmann 1 4 Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Interceptions No Yds Ave TD Shields 1 44 44.0 1 None Smith 1 3 3.0 0 Livers 1 0 0.0 0
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Supplemental information courtesy of Chris Blackburn
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